More than 40 Tory seats at risk from a stealth tax election backlash

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Jon Fitzmaurice of the Work Foundation highlighted 'a falling demand for workers which is likely to dampen pay growth in the coming months'.
50% : Unemployment also held steady at 4.2 per centSecretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride said: 'There are more than one million more people on company payrolls compared to 2019, a near record high, and today's statistics also show inactivity has fallen by over a quarter of a million since the pandemic peak.
42% : Income Tax thresholds were frozen by Mr Sunak when he was chancellor, and critics argue that coupled with painfully high inflation they are quietly dragging millions of people into paying higher rates without any change to the system.

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